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I pickle, can, dry and freeze a lot, but there is a limit. Frozen broccoli and cauliflower taste great in soups and quiches, but otherwise don't do much for me in recipes. I'd never touch them canned, but pickled works. Canned salsa can be great if you have a good recipe and snazz it up with fresh onions and cilantro once you open it.
The trick? Plan your garden for what you want to preserve. And get creative. We love dried sweet corn for snacking, for example. An canning cookbooks have plenty of good ideas. Try The Joy Of Pickling - it's amazing.

Last year I tried out canning (tomatoes) this year I went more intense. I have a baby on the way, so I canned applesauce and peaches for baby food. I also froze peaches and apples for pie later in the winter, and will be freezing sweet potatoes today for more baby food. I made crabapple jelly (my most favorite thing in the whole world) and strawberry mint jam. I also borrowed my neighbor's dehydrator and made strawberry chips and sun dried tomatoes. The beets are ready now so we will start pickling next week! Next year we will do even more I suspect